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From:
g303
To:
Jola Shepherd
Cc:
James Skilton , idm
Date:
Thu, 27 Apr 1995 15:56:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject:
Re: Worst WARP (was Re: evolution flamed)
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On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Jola Shepherd wrote:
quoted 9 lines Call me goofy, I thought Inventures was spot-on strong. The> Call me goofy, I thought Inventures was spot-on strong. The > worst Warp release, straight of the top of my head, was most likely > "Devastating Beat Creator" by Kid Unknown. The Second worst was > "Nightmare" by the same fella. The Ice-T samples sounded cool for about > thirty seconds. > The real reason I think these were so crappy was due to the fact > that two weeks after their release, they sounded totally dated. I still > can't listen to them. Stupid hardcore anthems. (we hate sunrise! we > hate sunrise!)
Well, there's a story behind these 2. Kid Unknown was actually DJ Nipper, once big time 'rave' DJ in the UK. He'd had _Nightmare_ out on a white label for ages, it was a massive success - I remember being in WARP the shop one Saturday, and having a huge succession of kids ask for the one that goes "I am a..." Think this prompted Steve & Rob to pick it up. I remember Chris (One half of R.A.C. being fairly dismissive of _Beat Creator_ at the time, I never bothered to buy it. Still like _Nightmare_ tho'. Pure nostalgia! greg The Official WARP Web Site 3 0 3 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~n264671/wap-indx.html